About

I’ve spent more than 20 years helping leaders and organisations work through complexity. My career has taken me across government consulting, higher education leadership, and financial services, and the common thread has always been the same: translating intent into practical, sustainable outcomes.

What I do now

I’m a Senior Manager at Parbery Consulting in the Change and Communications team, where I support clients across the Commonwealth with advice on complex reform, project management and benefits realisation. My work typically involves helping senior leaders clarify direction, engage stakeholders, manage risk and move from policy intent to operational reality.

I’ve led enterprise-wide change and readiness programs, strategic communications, business readiness and stakeholder engagement across Defence and other Commonwealth environments, including work connected to the Defence Strategic Review and National Defence Strategy.

Where I’ve been

Before consulting, I held executive leadership roles in higher education, where I led major business and ICT systems transformation including enterprise platform implementation, operating model improvement and significant capital projects. Earlier in my career I worked in legal and compliance management in financial services.

This breadth of experience gives me a perspective that most consultants in a single lane don’t have. I understand governance, risk, delivery, communications and stakeholder dynamics not as separate disciplines but as interconnected parts of the same challenge.

Beyond the boardroom

I’m also a Captain in the NSW Rural Fire Service, serving on Yuin country. The fireground has shaped how I think about leadership, decision-making and communication in ways that no boardroom ever could. When lives and property are on the line, you learn to think clearly under pressure, communicate with precision and lead people through uncertainty with calm authority.

I bring that same approach to my consulting work: a bias toward action, sound judgement under pressure, and a focus on outcomes that are credible and grounded in operational reality.

Core capabilities

Strategic advisory · Organisational change management · Governance and assurance · Stakeholder engagement · Business readiness · Program and project delivery · Strategic communications · Benefits realisation